Note: I tried to post the above info with a link but got an automated reply from Fodors saying that I cannot post a URL until I have posted 10 times !. From a very quick look, and based on the places that you say interest you, I think you would probably need the following maps: Bergerac #41, Issigeac #40, Beaumont #32, Le Buisson de Cadouin #04, Les Eyzies #07. Scroll down to get the index map allowing you to click on the walking maps you want. The website with this information is in French (the English version is different) but the maps themselves have English translations (for the legends etc.). You could get the maps of the areas that interest you and link up the walking routes across these maps, where this is possible. The website below allows you to download 45 maps of detailed walking routes in different parts of the Dordogne. Happy to send by e-mail if you can let me have your e-mail address. I have a detailed daily report on the trip on file but I am not familiar with personal messaging protocols on Fodors. Honesty demands that we admit to accepting the generosity of our fabulous hosts Claude and Mario and availed of their offer of a lift in their car to Sarlat.Ī few navigational hitches along the way but then we are not particularly seasoned hikers. Overnight at Hotel Bien- Etre aux Cypres,ĭay Six: Marquay - Sarlat. Overnight in Hotel de l'Esplanade.ĭay Two: Domme - Cenac - Castelnaud la Chapelle - Chateau de Marqueyssac - Beynac-et Cazenac.ĭay Three: B-e-C - Chateau des Milandes (by taxi) - Allas-les-Mines - St Cyprien - overnight in the countryside at Domaine de la Rhonie.ĭay Four: DdlR - Les Eyzies-de-Tayac, staying at the Moulin de la Beune.ĭay Five: LesEyzies - Sireuil - Chateau de Commarque - Marquay. Our start point was Sarlat-la Caneda which we reached by train, starting from Bordeaux our hotel was le Couleuvrine near the town centre which we stayed in to two nights prior to departure and one night at the end of our walk.ĭay One: Sarlat - Chateau de Montfort - Vitrac - Domme. We used the services of One Foot Abroad to arrange the accommodation and luggage transfers but with a year to make arrangements, it would be perfectly possible to do oneself. Just an outline of our walking trip in the Dordogne, done in early July. There are some wonderful books on walking in France though maybe you don't need to get into it all at this point.Īlso, have a look at Melinda Lusmore's website, a wealth of knowledge on the subject & a lovely Australian woman who is happy to answer questions & give guidance: I believe IGN offers the maps in online form on their website though I prefer paper maps, especially for planning. You may find a source more local to you online. Stanford's in London is a reliable source I've used: Here is a key for all the maps, to locate the ones you need: What you want are the Cartes Randonnée Série Bleue 1:25'000 maps by the IGN (Institut Geographique National), the walker's maps. While doing that would include all the places you want to see, it's a more complicated way to plan and you may find that one of the established GR's will also give you what you want, similar if not exactly the same.Įither way you'll need maps. So it seems it's the second approach that would interest you. There are at least 2 basic ways to plan a long walk, one is to follow an established long-distance path (Grandes Randonnées - GRs), the other which I chose given it was the chateaux that interested me, plot your way on a variety of paths. While I haven't walked in the Dorgogne, I have done 2 long walks in France, the first from chateau to chateau in the Loire, beginning at Chambord, ending in Chinon & the 2nd along the Burgundy Canal which as you can imagine is easier to plan, follow the canal.
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